A-Infos (en) US, Washington, D.C.: SDS* Funk the War Marches on Recruiters after Cops get Rough

Friday, June 20th was another Moritorium day (3rd Fri of the month). DC's action 
was an SDS "Funk the War" rush-hour street march, with the 14th and L recruiter 
on the target list as usual. This time around, there were a multitude of 
physical attacks by cops. ---- From the very start, cops hemmed in the formation 
with bike and motorcycle cops. At several times, people were tackled and 
detained. Since no arrests or charges ensued, the cops must have been the ones 
out of line. ---- Neither police harassment nor problems with the mobile sound 
system were able to stop the marchers, so once again the 14th and L recruiter 
was invited to the party-or rather the party invited itself to the recruiter!

At the recruiter, cops heavily defended the site-and Capt Harold had the nerve 
to declare stickers on the window "property destruction"-and declare the entire 
event an "unlawful assembly." He ordered everyone to clear the streets or be 
removed by force. The crowd called his bluff and ignored his orders!

Since stickers on windows are NOT property destruction, Harold did NOT follow 
through on his threats, and marchers remained in the streets! In addition his 
forces(He said at the start he had 60 on call) were outnumbered by the estimated 
100 marchers who turned out on less than one week's notice.

The police behavior jives both with reports that GOP groups have goaded the FBI 
into "investigating" "attacks" on recruiters(some of which are just protests, 
some are the real thing)-and the cop I overheard saying that police agencies 
were filling up with Iraq vets who wanted to treat protesters as "insurgents."

Of course, if this was Iraq, the "insurgent suspects" would often be shot on 
sight, and the occupation authorities would be dodging IED's and snipers, not 
boomboxes and banners in the streets!

http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/143564/index.php

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